Patent SG-11201908241T-A (SG)
Title: Methods and systems for improved resource unit utilization
Inventor: PATIL ABHISHEK PRAMOD
IPC: H04W74/02
Filed: 2018-04-17
Abstract: qeeSS HE Trigger-based PPDU from STA 106a (RU 2) Randor9Acc.90$ Unassigned RU (RU 4) Unassigned RU (RU5) HE Trigger-based PPDU from STA 106d (RU6) SIFS (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 25 October 2018 (25.10.2018) WIP0 I PCT IiiimmomiolollmonolomomnioolimioluovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/195079 Al (51) International Patent Classification: H04W 74/00 (2009.01) H04W 74/08 (2009.01) H04W 74/02 (2009.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/027974 (22) International Filing Date: 17 April 2018 (17.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/488,582 21 April 2017 (21.04.2017) US 15/954,383 16 April 2018 (16.04.2018) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: PATIL, Abhishek Pramod; c/o QUALCOMM Incorporated, ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). ASTERJADHI, Alfred; c/o QUALCOMM Incorporat- ed, ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 More- house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CHERIAN, George; c/o QUALCOMM Incorporated, AT- TN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Dri- ve, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). FREDERIKS, Guido Robert; c/o QUALCOMM Incorporated, ATTN: In- ternational IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: ABUMERI, Mark M.; Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, 2040 Main Street, Fourteenth Floor, Irvine, Cal- ifornia 92614 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (54) Title: METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED RESOURCE UNIT UTILIZATION 550 302 555 535a AID 0 RU 1 535b AID 5 RU 2 535c AID 2045 RU 3 535d AID 2046 RU 4 535e AID 2046 RU 5 535f AID 3 RU 6 306 304a J 308 J 310 J 312 J \"41d Time FIG. 5B (57) : Disclosed are methods and systems for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method includes generating, by an access point, a frame, the frame assigning first resource units to first devices participating in a multi-user transmission with the access point during a transmission opportunity, and further indicating second resource units available during the transmission opportunity for transmissions to other devices, transmitting the frame; and receiving the multi-user transmission from the first devices according to the resource unit assignments. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/195079 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMOHHINNICHIMEN MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))